These are the easiest and most difficult laptops, tablets and mobiles to repair

When we buy a new smartphone, tablet or renew our laptop, we always observe aspects such as the quality of its screen, its power, its storage capacity, the autonomy of its battery and, of course, its design. Nevertheless, we do not usually pay as much attention to a fundamental factor: the repairability index. We realize this when a problem arises that is not covered by the warranty and we realize that "it is more costly to buy a new equipment than to fix this one.

In order to make us more aware of the importance of repairability, and also with the purpose of highlighting those brands that "force" us to buy new equipment every so often instead of making devices that are easier, and cheap, to repair, the Greenpeace organization and the iFixit team have collaborated in the launch of a new website where we can check the best and worst mobiles, tablets and laptops in terms of repairability.

Why do we accept being forced to buy new devices?

It is often spoken of "Planned obsolescence", something like an approximate expiration date that many manufacturers use so that their devices stop working after a certain time and thus push us to acquire a new one.

On computers, tablets and mobiles, another good strategy is that of updates. Often manufacturers no longer support the latest versions of an operating systemIn such a way that the owners of older devices are left without the best and most modern novelties, thus pushing, once again, to acquire new terminals that, in many cases, would not be necessary.

But there is another way to "force" consumers to renew their mobile phones, tablets and laptops much earlier than they would like. This formula, ethically and morally questionable, is none other than make it difficult to repair.

Many manufacturers often use techniques like welding different internal components together so that the user cannot make extensions and, if you need more power or more storage, buy a more powerful equipment or with more storage.

But even more serious is when, faced with a problem, we are forced to go to a technical service. In these cases, logically, the more difficult it is to repair a device, the higher the cost of repair. There are even cases where it will no longer be possible to repair it. Thus, the consumer has no choice but to renew the equipment, buy a new one, spend again when, if the manufacturer had done things differently, the equipment could have been repaired and the user could continue to enjoy it for much longer. weather.

This situation has been denounced for years by consumers and associations, and is so widespread that it has caused the alliance of iFixit and Greenpeace (because the problem of waste generated in this way is also a serious environmental problem), who point out that today it is difficult to find tablets, mobile phones or laptops that are easy to repair.

To fight against this situation, both firms have joined forces and created a new website in which we can Check which equipment has the highest repairability rateThus, when it comes to shopping, we can be much better prepared.

The premise on which it rests rethink-it (this is how this new website is called) leaves no room for doubt: "When we buy mobile phones, why do we accept that they only last two years and that they force us to buy new devices?".

The most and least easy to repair equipment are ...

This ranking of more and less repairable products is organized into three categories (mobile phones, tablets and laptops), and we can take a look at the general ranking, or order the results by brand or by higher or lower repairability index.

At this time, equipment with the highest repairability index are:

• The smartphone with the highest repairability index (10/10) is the Fairphone 2.
• The tablet with the highest repairability rating (10/10) is the HP Elite x2 1012 G1.
• The laptop with the highest repairability index (10/10) is the Dell Latitude E5270

By cons, equipment with lower repairability index are:

• In the mobile category, with a score of 3 out of 10, Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge.
• In the tablet category, with a score of 1 out of 10, the Microsoft Surface Pro 5.
• In the notebook category, scoring 1 out of 10, Apple's 2017 MacBook Retina, Apple's 13 ″ MacBook Pro, and Microsoft's Surface Book.